The Ninth Art

What takes to be the best?

Yusheng Li

2026-01-14

Land Ackownledgement

I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered here today on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people. We thank them for having cared for this land since time immemorial.

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Media Scores vs. User Scores

Figure 1: Not only scores.

The Strategic Drivers

Figure 2: Creativity = Reputation

THANK YOU

Questions?

Project Repo: github.com/JayLBean/dsci-pre
Data Source: TGA & Metacritic (2014-2024)